HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc431-2W
43. Mr. Haynes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the need to upgrade service accommodation.

56. Mr. Stott

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the need to upgrade service accommodation.

59. Mr. Jack Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the need to upgrade service accommodation.

67. Mr. Frank Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the need to upgrade service accommodation.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The need to upgrade service accommodation, brought about by the continuing aging process and the ongoing and comparatively recent changes to enhance accommodation standards, is assessed by the three services and the Property Services Agency. Each service operates a rolling programme of modernisation for single living accommodation and married quarters and provision is made within the Defence Estimates for this purpose. In order to enhance the present rate of modernisation a further £260 million has been provided over the next 10 years.